RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - There will be no simulated pile of naked,
emaciated corpses—and no dancing Hitler—at the world’s biggest
street party.

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A judge on Thursday blocked a carnival float meant to show that
the Holocaust “gives you goose bumps.”

Workers began dismantling the float to rebuild it for this weekend’s
parade, television footage showed. Viradouro, the top Rio samba group
responsible for the float, said it was designed to remind carnival- goers
of past horrors to prevent them from happening again.

But Jewish leaders were outraged. The Jewish Federation of Rio de Janeiro
sued under federal laws prohibiting Nazi propaganda and racism in Brazil,
said Lara Voges, a court spokeswoman.

“It’s inadmissible that they could have a parade float depicting dead Jews
and a live Hitler on top of them,” said federation spokesman Jose
Roitberg.